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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Pulled this little fella off the water today (it was wings-flat on surface). They hung out a while to dry. 🥰 #dragonfly #pondlife

Front and close view of a dragonfly resting on my finger.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Good day, loves ♥️ Please enjoy this amaryllis photo during you #doomscroll #bloomscroll #flowerreport

We are viewing the blooming buds of an amaryllis. Reds, orange and green blend and outline the the curves of the flowers.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Ornamental cherry tree bloom today #flowerreport usda zone 8

The sun peeks from behind one of the first branches to bloom with its gorgeous pink this spring.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Hi. Brought my goldfish, Cuddles for show & tell. I hope all of you are doing as well as you can be l, hugs where accepted ♥️

A very spoiled, calico fantail goldfish is about to suck a pellet of food in his mouth. Cuddles is so named because he was the first of these to take food from my hands and is now a lover of belly rubs.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Stopped in for a visit this evening and brought #moss

Redshank moss is lush growing at the side of my pond, on a cement brick. I wish I was tiny so I could run through it .

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Anyone ever have a snail without a shell? This dude is trucking around like herm’s too good to cover-up. Kidding aside, this is fascinating to watch. 🐌🐚 #snails #gastropods #plantedtanks

A screenshot from a macro video I took. A pinkish ramshorn snail without a shell is grazing on a rock covered in algae. Imagine how a snail looks while moving, right up to the shell. Now, the closest I can describe its missing shell area is a slightly translucent mass, in which you can spot intestines.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Maybe that rhyme was worse than I thought? Perhaps ‘twas my poor filter usage? Fine.

A non-edited phone macro of an air bubble trapped beneath the roots of floating plant. The bubble is a mirror reflecting its surroundings, including items I have outside the tank.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

First Sambac Jasmine bloom of the year in my she shack/greenhouse/house of fish. #flowerreport

Dim photo of small, white, jasmine flower buds against green leaves. Focus is on one that has started opening

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

All tinkling water must be tested by staff before placement. This fountain was approved. #caturday #doomscroll

My fluffy, polydactyl seal-point/siamese/gorgeous cat is pictured from the side drinking from the top tier of a small, tabletop fountain that I have running on the floor. For testing. Fine. My own entertainment

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I seem to have surprised them 😂🤷‍♀️ #macro #phone

A macro photo of two grey, common isopods. One is atop the other. The close view and angle give the illusion of surprise

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Tiny isopod baby on a fat piece of sand in my terrarium 😍 macro phone pic, no edits

Through glass, an almost translucent pill-bug sits on, what to it, must seem like a boulder.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Baby pill bug on a piece of rotting wood. Look at the eyes! 😍 #isopods

Macro photo of a whitish, baby isopod. It looks like a Pokémon

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Goldfish fry hanging out on the tip of a wooden clothespin. Phone macro, no edits

Over a blurred background a tiny, translucent goldfish fry rests on a cornice of wood with many bubbles.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Mr. Limpet hitching a ride on one of the Garys 🦪🐌🐚

Phone macro featuring the curl of a brown ramshorn snail shell with a tiny limpet riding on top.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I’m squealing in delight! Little isopod baby 😍

A macro phone photo of a baby roly-poly/pill-bug taking care of the green excrement from the snail it stands at the base of (bottom left corner is all snail.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Here’s another tank lol don’t ask how many tanks I have.

Quick snapshot of a mob of female guppies. Tank is a bit cloudy because I just added a flocculent

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Yep, news is still too much. I bring to fellow sufferers my cat, Nimbus. This is how we feel. #doomscroll #caturday

Nimbus is a mixed-breed polydactyl with extras toesies on every paw. He resembles a fluffy Siamese and his tongue is sticking out. His favorites include plastic, nerf balls and attention. Lots of attention.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Checking in! Slow your #doomscroll and enjoy this peaceful guppy aquarium. 🐠 #fishkeeping

Looking into a glass tank with plants, sand, a piece of cholla wood on the bottom and an aquarium heater in the back with tiny red light. Blonde guppies, mainly females swim under a light that enhances their coloring

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Fish friends have the clearest water in a long time. I think they seem happy. I know I want to swim in there

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I’ve been avoiding posting on social media for my sanity since ev’rbody wanna fight. Please enjoy this mostly frozen pond in southern Virginia:

A front yard pond at almost eye-level, viewing across the snow-covered ice to my metal bird, wearing a snow cap. Because of course

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Taking time to relax with my tiny snail friends. This is a glass snail egg on my fingertip. Phone #macro no edits 🌿🐌

My fingertip dominates the left side of photo with a fade of color behind in black to green. The snail egg is not much to look at being an opaque tan ball, except for its tiny size

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I’m glad I put a snake hat on my bird statue 😆 #pondlife

A photo across a small, frozen pond. A light shines from beneath the ice, casting a yellowish hue. On the other side is a cartoonish, metal bird statue with large eyes, wearing a knit cap.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I almost forgot it’s #caturday . I need to sort my priorities.

An adorable crème and black kitty with Siamese coloring (and extra toes on every paw!) reclines on a cardboard cat sofa, below a piece of flower ribbon art.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Dropped one of my little dudes while cleaning their tank glass. He showed up on my glasses not long after. They know where the good food lives. 🥹😍🐌

On my grey sweat pants leg, in front of an aquarium tank, are my glasses with a bitty glass snail pet wandering their surface.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Phone macro of moisture clinging to the edge of a purslane leaf. 🍃 🌿🌱

A macro view of a green leaf, filling most of the frame. Against a grey backdrop, water drops the size of pore point up, instead of down as you would expect in larger drops of water. Our plant is capturing moisture from air. Nature is badass

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I finally finished this piece after setting aside during the holidays. UV resin, paints, inks and sparkly things are layered (many layers) within a cigar box lid that belonged to my father #artsky #art #survivor

Front view, phone pic of an obnoxiously glittered and pearled scene of swirls and layers. Colors range from blood red/bronze, to snow-white pearls, with lots of golds and blues, all coming together to frame a winged fairy who is pulling the bright beauty from the dark depths.

View across the face of the piece laid flat. Lots of details

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Glass snails enjoying some cucumber 🐌🌿🥰

Two common glass snails are at eye level. Both are brown with speckled bodies and are enjoying a small chunk of cucumber

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Springtail in a snail egg cave. I have made an entire story for the springtail in the egg cave, but he (Mr. Springtail) didn’t approve. 🐌🌿

Milky white pearls, the size of pinheads are scattered within a damp hole in the dirt. A pinhead sized bug walks among them.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Anyone in the mood for #isopods ? Love these little fellas armored-up and ready for the terrarium trash. I can sometimes hear them making tiny “rawr” noises when they’re working out at the gym. iPhone #macro no edits

Macro view through terrarium glass of cholla wood where one isopod is atop while a second is directly below, mirroring body placement.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

No one: Me: today I got to see snails do the “deed”. I took pics and video. I feel dirty. 🌿🐌

Two glass snails are interlocked, making a “Z” shape with their heads and soft bodies. The link of members looks like a couple of chain links

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Glass snail eggs laid yesterday, while I watched. Cool process to witness over several hours. 🌿🐌 #inverts

A view through terrarium glass at little, milky-white balls (snicker). They have been deposited into a gap underneath moss. There are over 25 visible

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

TIL about sun dogs. Very cool. Sorry, you’ll have to google the hows and whys.

Above a winter tree line, the clouds seem to open a hole to peek at a part of a very large rainbow. Oh! Another analogy, grey door with a spectrum visible through the keyhole.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I invited my pet snail to visit and they did!! so pretty 😍 🐌 #gastropod

a macro of my fingertip hosting a glass snail from my terrarium.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I put a Festivus pole by my front door. My DoorDash driver left food (not pictured) at the base in observance.

A front door with Christmas wreath and happy holidays welcome mat. Beside the door is a cardboard gift wrap roll, duct-taped to a dry-erase board.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I always miss actual #caturday but better late than never

A fluffy, cream and black Siamese-type feline is partially loafed on a cardboard sofa, beneath framed ribbon art.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Proud of my faux plank flooring. Needed a temp fix while we’re working on repairs. The door is right at front entrance and it was pitiful. Score 1 for that visual arts degree? #decor #paint

An angled view down of a floor at a doorway/threshold. Bottom is a honey-colored hardwood floor. Top are dark wood planks with a matte finish. The top planks are fake. It’s a piece of plywood painted with craft paint and a rolling pizza cutter.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Common roly poly through damp terrarium glass. iPhone macro, no edits #isopod 🌿

Super-close side view of a miniature armadillo-looking grey bug (Armadillidium vulgare).

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) growing under a retaining wall brick. iPhone macro, no edits 🌱🌿 #FlowerReport

Side, macro view of what I had mistaken at first to be fungi. Three white, hairy stalks are capped by pastel yellow, bad-wig-style caps. All rise from a purplish, stem base.

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CGregoryRun @cgregoryrun.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Lichen on broom moss. iPhone macro, no edits 🌿🌱

Tufts of tiny, grasslike moss hold bits of light green lichen, that look like snow.

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